I’ve gotten to spend a lot of time studying up on how much of God I don’t understand. The funny thing about God is that whenever I try to study God, the majority of that time is actually spent discovering even more new things about God that I don’t understand.
Take prayer for example.
Prayer is talking to God, right? We learned this in Sunday school. But what are the dynamics of prayer? If a person asks you to pray for them, is that a favor for the person, for the request, or for God?
The more I think, study, and pray about these things, the more content I notice exists in the questions I’m asking…more work, more study, more that I don’t understand.
But right now I have to push all of that aside and just ask that you pray.
Please pray for our band as we fling ourselves out into the world and try to accomplish the things that the Lord asks of us.
Please pray for my family and me. We are going through a tough time right now and really want things to go the way the Lord wants things to go.
These are two biggies. If any of you could step up to these two requests, I’d say that we owe you.
So how can we pray for you?
I promise that if you put a request on this page, it will get prayed for by us at our next practice. We want to take the responsibility of praying for one another seriously and we ask the same from you. Peace.
(The Corners)
I will definitely pray for the progression and continuance of your band. Also, the hardships your family is facing. I love them so much.
ReplyDeleteThe prayer I could use is that I get all of my school jargen taken care of for the summer so I can return to campus in the fall. It is the main concern for me at the moment.
Thank you so much and God bless!
Thanks man, we certainly will.
ReplyDeleteAndy,
ReplyDeleteWhen you updated your twitter a few weeks ago and asked for prayer for family members, God has laid it on my heart to pray for you and your family. I may not know you in a personal setting but for some reason God told me to pray for your family. In Fact, just yesterday God reminded me to pray for your family. I hope this doesn't sound weird or anything... I also pray for your band and I know that God has amazing plans for you guys. He is going to use each of you to advance His kingdom!
I think prayer is our closest form of communication with our Savior. We are focusing on Him and His love and giving our needs to Him. Its like talking to your best friend about everything!
I hate to ask this of you, but I guess if you guys would like to pray for me in an area it would be for contentment with just God in my life. I would say that is a huge struggle for me.
Thanks Andy for posting this.
Katie, we are so thankful for you and your prayers. We'll be praying for you now as well.
ReplyDeleteAppreciating your thoughts on prayer (deep, poignant, thought-provoking) and praying alongside you, son. And thanking God for the amazing rock you've been for us all these past days. You're an incredible blessing to the family. I love you immensely.
ReplyDeleteWe are praying for you and your family. You have been such a blessing to me. I pray I now am able to return the favor. I Love you all and am so amazed (through not only the events of your week, but mine as well) at how much the Lord truly loves us.
ReplyDeleteI have been so low in my life I have felt like I couldn't go on, but God if faithful! Pastor's sermon on Sunday thought me not only do I need to let go of the past and forgive others but I need to forgive myself as well. I have never done this, I have always held "me being me" against myself. It seams so selfish to ask... but, please pray for me as I learn to let go. Pray I learn to give "me" to the Lord and forgive myself so I can move on and forgive others as well.
Love you all and pray for you daily.
Praying for you, Andy, and for all of your family. I will pray for your band as you seek to serve and minister through music. Our family appreciates your prayers, as well.
ReplyDeleteMom, thanks I love you too. Tika and Lisa, thank you so much for you support. We will definitely keep your requests in our prayers tomorrow night.
ReplyDeleteHey Andy, I'm up to speed on the recent trials of your fam after trading messages with your mom last night. Know that the Wilson family is keeping your family in our prayers. I'm glad your mom posted this link to your blog; it's good stuff. You have turned out pretty awesome. Keep asking those questions ~ and take lots of time to listen for God's answer-or the next question; I'm convinced that is one of the best ways that we continue to fall deeper and deeper in love with our God. With affection and prayers for God's peace and grace for you and yours, Kathi Wilson
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathi. My family and I really appreciate it.
ReplyDelete"Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6
ReplyDelete"Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Philippians 4:6-7
Many, many prayers for you guys.
The more I learn about God, the more I learn that I'm horrible at prayer. Sometimes I view prayer as a substitute for taking real action, or a way to avoid inconveniencing myself, or worse yet, as a way of spreading gossip by calling it "prayer group time". So then I start praying for God to help me with my prayer life and my attitude towards prayer, but I'm a horrible and inconsistent prayer, so I end up back at square one. So yeah, I get it. The whole wrestling with it thing. It's not rocket science, but sometimes it feels like it. And all the time spent thinking about prayer could've been spent praying for others.
ReplyDeleteTonia, thanks for the prayers and scripture. Great choice for this particular subject.
ReplyDeleteBen, yeah I hate how so much "not prayer" happens and under the name "prayer." We got to pray after band practice last night and it was so great to have all these requests to pray over. We usually just wind up praying for ourselves and asking the Lord to bless us. It was really humbling knowing that other people were praying for us, which let us feel free to pray for others. It was wonderful.